Blog: Buzz Bands

Operation Aloha sounds like the Hawaii travel bureau's latest promotion, but it's actually a supergroup of sorts, including members of Maroon 5, Gomez and Phantom Planet. During a 30-day hiatus on Maui, the band — all 14 of them — made an album of chill, occasionally island-flavored pop music, and tonight they bring that music to the Troubadour ( the Parson Red Heads open). ... The Meat Puppets' return — and it sounds triumphant to me — play the Mint behind their new release "Sewn Together." ... One-woman wonder Theresa Andersson plays [...]